Lemvig is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 510 km², and has a population of 22,067 (2008). Its mayor is Erik Flyvholm, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
Lemvig is a 750 year-old market town, and received its municipal charter in 1545. One of the landmarks of Lemvig is the town church from the 13th century. The old town is situated between an inlet, a lake and some hills. The nearby areas of natural beauty were shaped during the last Ice Age.
The town is situated 10 kilometers (6¼ miles) from the North Sea, 375 kilometers (234 miles) from Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital, and 781 kilometers (488 miles) to London, England (as the crow flies).
The museum of religious art (Museet for religiøs kunst), Bovbjerg Fyr, a light tower at the western coast near Ferring, Ramme Dige, Jens Søndergård Museum in Ferring, Lemvig Museum in the town of Lemvig, The planetstien (”planet trail”) at the edge of Lemvig town shows a model of the solar system at a scale of 1:1.000.000.000. In a small park at the edge of the town you find the sun, 1.4 metres in diameter.
The other planets follow along a path far out of town, represented as small bronze balls on granite pedestals. The outer planet, Pluto, is nearly 5 kilometres away from the sun. The trail is part of the Lemvig Museum.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Lemvig. The town has a population of 7,282. The current municipality was enlarged on January 1, 2007 as the result of Kommunalreformen (”The Municipal Reform” of 2007) when the former Thyborøn-Harboøre municipality was merged into the existing Lemvig municipality.
A significant part of its southern border is defined by the waters of Bøvling Fjord, Indfjorden and Nissum Fjord. A string of islands define the western perimeter of the waters south of the municipality; some of these islands belong to the municipality, and others belong to its southern neighbor, Ulfborg-Vemb. These waters at the municipality’s southern border, encompassing the three fjords, plus Fejsted Kog is a national park.
The Lem Cove (Lem Vig) leads into the town of Lemvig from Nissum Bredning. Lake Ferring (Ferring Sø) lies north of the town of Ferring.
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